Mr Brannon, who posted the video on YouTube, said, “Mark has been in the front lines of Marriage Equality and represented Ijumo Hayward and Clarence Williams III with a same sex marriage application late last year. The marriage application was sadly rejected by the Registrar General.

“One of the things Mark said was of his fellow parliamentarians, ‘Will their kids look back in 20 years time and say why didn’t you do the right thing for Human Rights and Marriage Equality”.

“From where I sit, it is not too late to do the right thing, so that all people are equal in marriage. I wouldn’t want anyone saying to me, why did I discriminate against same sex couples,” added Mr Brannon.

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Listen at the end of the day I don’t think that this was fairly put to the public, and we should have been given more options and choices, right now as it stands we only have two options, you vote for civil unions or outright gay marriages, there is no third options to say if a you can put that you are against both choices. They say that by voting no to both your voice is being heard, but I disagree, the whole process to this damn madness is to see the numbers that would prefer civil unions, verses the ones who would vote for outright gay marriages.

Either way this is B.S in the highest degree and I think every politician that is behind this, need to make it very clear who they are, and then lets see the reflection of votes at the polls. I will not support either of this garbage and neither will i register to vote in a much wasted tax payers funds for a worthless referendum.

If you count the ballots that voted no to both, you get the amount of people who are against both. I’m pretty sure that’s how math works. Matter of fact, if you want to get fancy, if you take that number and divide it but the total amount people who voted, you will get what is called a percentage.

……….. you realize that normally a referendum is a single question for either a yes or no on the question. Here you have 4 options, civil unions, marriage, both or neither and you are saying that you there is only 2. I do agree with you that this a worthless referendum… the option for equality to a minority should never be decided by a majority, but is a given under the law to begin with.

Duane Santucci. I agree, the psychology of voting is to say yes to something. The Government is being disingenuous to put SSM on the ballot when they said they have no intention of passing any legislation for SSM.

Additionally, the government has said the referendum is non-binding, it seems they are hedging their bets to do whatever suits them down the road.

The questions should have made a third option available so that the public would have an opportunity to say what they do want. These referendum questions rob the community of the opportunity to a full voice.

But as a man of god of course you think you have the entitlement to treat others as if you are special and you are. You are an adult who believes in a magic man in the sky.

That gives you all sorts of ridiculous rights. You can discriminate as you please simply because you believe in a talking snake who convinced a rib woman to eat an apple making us all eternal sinners destined to eternal fire. Because god loves us so much.

Mark and Tony, You are both on the wrong side of history. I feel for your concerns, but do not support them .There is no such thing as gay marriage .Bermuda stands for traditional marriage . If we get the vote, vote NO NO.

If Bermuda were to go for full marriage equality and SSM was allowed then the marriages done (and on cruise ships base here) would be recongnized every SSM is allowed. But you know this already cause we’ve told you this before.

Marriage is a legal creation of man so yes same sex couples can and should be allowed to get married. what you talking about is reproduction which is not a requirement of marriage, but you know this already.

and as side note i’m pretty sure that 90% is bull given that the US makes up 5% which if we include all the other contries that have reconginsed SSM I’m pretty sure that it puts us over 10% but you know this already but you don’t care.

You apparently lack an understanding on what was said. Again, in 90% of the world (other jurisdictions) where SSM is not recognized a Bermuda SSM would not be valid. You apparently didn’t understand what the term other jurisdictions meant. Please save your accusations until you have a clear understanding next time.

Marriage is not a legal creation of man. Nature presents one best option for the sustainability of humans. The unique relationship can’t be duplicated by any other loving relationship at all. It is the term used to describe the loving relationship between a male and a female that is best deemed to raise any offspring.

Men and women are not interchangeable, each is unique and necessary to enjoy the benefits of marriage and to continue human life.

Look up information from the United Nations and SSM. Google the stats before spouting nonsense please.

in truth I think both bat man and robin are already both married with families and this would give robin some sort of security with bat man . if I am not mistaken, if civil unions get approved a man married to a women can also be in a civil union with a man simultaneously as there is nothing to prohibit it. vice versa.